Grain transported in cargo ships usually undergoes fumigation to kill pests − a process that often uses toxic phosphine gas. bfk92/E+ via Getty Images In 1980, two children and 29 crew members aboard ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KPIX 8) -- A team of British scientists have announced the discovery of a gas in the upper atmosphere of Venus that could be a "biomarker" for life on the planet. The findings were ...

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Phosphine, a simple molecule consisting of three hydrogen atoms and one phosphorus atom, is thought to be created by anaerobic bacteria on Earth. Thus, it can be detected emanating from sewers and ...

When astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at a faint object orbiting a distant star system, they weren’t expecting to find one of the universe’s strangest chemical ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aliasger K. Salem, University of Iowa (THE CONVERSATION) In 1980, two children and 29 ...